Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli Silvestro dei Gherarducci

initial r , gradual monastery of santa maria degli angeli

gradual santa maria degli angeli, considered don silvestro s crowning achievemen, preserved in biblioteca medicea laurenziana in florence (codice corale 2 / cod. cor. 2), twenty detached pages in various collections around world:

folio 15: saint stephen enthroned in initial e (private collection, england)
folio 18: 4 evangelists in initial (calouste gulbenkian museum, lisbon, inv. no. m34)
folio 23: saint silvester in initial s (nationalmuseum, stockholm, nmb 1797)
folio 32: saint agnes in initial m (library of geneva, switzerland)
folio 42: presentation in temple in initial s (fitzwilliam museum, cambridge, england, marlay cutting it. 13a)
folio 49: saint scholastica in initial v (location unknown)
folio 56: saint benedict enthroned 8 saints (calouste gulbenkian museum, inv. no. m35)
folio 60: annunciation in initial r (british library, london, add. ms 35254 c) + 6 bust-length prophets (nationalmuseum, stockholm, nmb 1797)
folio 80: saint michael fighting dragon in initial b (abegg-stiftung, riggisberg, switzerland)
folio 90: saint romuald enthroned 4 saints in initial o (british library, add. ms 37472, folio 3)
folio 97: birth of saint john baptist (walker art gallery, liverpool, inv. no. 2764)
folio 104: saints peter , paul in initial n (private collection, england)
folio 113: saint margaret in initial l (private collection, milan)
folio 119: saints james , andrew in initial m (nelson-atkins museum of art, kansas city, inv. no. f61–14)
folio 134: saint lawrence in initial c (walters art museum, baltimore, ms w.416)
folio 137: virgin , child in initial s (cleveland museum of art, 1924.1012)
folio 142: death , assumption of virgin (british library, add. ms 37955 a)
folio 148: birth of virgin in initial g (metropolitan museum of art, new york, 21.168)
folio 155: virgin , christ in glory in initial g (cleveland museum of art, 1930.105)
folio 159: pope saint clement in initial d (fitzwilliam museum, ms 5-1979)




^ kanter 1994, pp. 131–154
^ kanter 1994, p. 132 fig. 45, p. 133, p. 137 n. 4
^ kanter 1994, p. 132 fig. 46, p. 133
^ kanter 1994, p. 133 text + fig. 47
^ kanter 1994, pp. 138–139 text + image
^ historiated initial gradual . fitzwilliam museum. retrieved 4 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 140–141 text + image
^ kanter 1994, p. 134, p. 138 n. 7
^ kanter 1994, p. 133 fig. 48, p. 134
^ add ms 35254 c . british library. retrieved 4 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 141–144 text + images
^ additional 37472, f. 3 . british library. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 144, p. 145 image
^ kanter 1994, p. 134 text + fig. 49
^ costambeys 2007, p. 161, p. 163 fig. 2
^ russell 1977a
^ kanter 1994, p. 135 text + fig. 50
^ initial m saints james , andrew(?) . nelson-atkins museum of art. retrieved 4 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 135, p. 136 figs. 51–52
^ bent 1992, pp. 508–510 text + figs. 1–2
^ leaf antiphonary . walters art museum. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 144–146 text, p. 146 image
^ initial s[alve sancta parens] gradual: madonna , child . cleveland museum of art. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 146–148 text + image
^ additional 37955a . british library. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 148–150 text + image
^ manuscript illumination birth of virgin in initial g, gradual . metropolitan museum of art. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 150–151 text + image
^ initial g[audeamus omnes] gradual: court of heaven . cleveland museum of art. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 152–153 text + image
^ kanter 1994, p. 154 text + image